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Episode 54 - Is Classic Traveller almost OD&D in space?
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This episode - I've recently started diving into the three 1977 Classic Traveler "little black books" and I'm finding some surprising similarities and philosophies to the earlier 1974 Original Dungeons & Dragons. I'll talk about those similarities and take some call-ins from folks with questions and comments! ---- My call-in guests: Daniel of Bandit's Keep podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/02QTUpzgKCv2aT6sH6G5rk Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376 Joe of Dekahedron RPG podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jpgill ---- Want to comment/ask questions? Leave a voice message on Speakpipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/MichaelChgowiz Leave me an audio clip on Discord to user: chgowiz Email me at [email protected] I blog/podcast at: https://chgowiz-games.etinerra.com/wp I'm on Mastodon! Find me here: https://dice.camp/@chgowiz Credits Intro music - Dragonaut by Bradley The Buyer (bit.ly/2ASpAlF) / Outro music - Dream by Wild Shores (bit.ly/2jbJehK) / All music used with permission.
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This episode - I've recently started diving into the three 1977 Classic Traveler "little black books" and I'm finding some surprising similarities and philosophies to the earlier 1974 Original Dungeons & Dragons. I'll talk about those similarities and take some call-ins from folks with questions and comments! ---- My call-in guests: Daniel of Bandit's Keep podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/02QTUpzgKCv2aT6sH6G5rk Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376 Joe of Dekahedron RPG podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jpgill ---- Want to comment/ask questions? Leave a voice message on Speakpipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/MichaelChgowiz Leave me an audio clip on Discord to user: chgowiz Email me at [email protected] I blog/podcast at: https://chgowiz-games.etinerra.com/wp I'm on Mastodon! Find me here: https://dice.camp/@chgowiz Credits Intro music - Dragonaut by Bradley The Buyer (bit.ly/2ASpAlF) / Outro music - Dream by Wild Shores (bit.ly/2jbJehK) / All music used with permission.
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